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Tornado Warning 58, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 16, 2020, 2:59 AM CDT for Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 16, 2020, 2:59 AM CDT (07:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2020, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 256 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 929 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted.
626
WFUS54 KMOB 160759
TORMOB
FLC113-160830-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0058.200916T0759Z-200916T0830Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
259 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2020
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Santa Rosa County in northwestern Florida...
* Until 330 AM CDT.
* At 258 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 10 miles east of Roeville, or 12 miles east of Bagdad,
moving northwest at 60 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Santa Rosa County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3056 8682 3086 8718 3094 8713 3095 8705
3068 8679 3058 8680
TIME...MOT...LOC 0758Z 140DEG 53KT 3062 8683
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
Black2 follow-up statements
962
WWUS54 KMOB 160814
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
314 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2020
FLC113-160830-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0058.000000T0000Z-200916T0830Z/
Santa Rosa FL-
314 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY...
At 314 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 11 miles east of Roeville, or 13 miles east of Bagdad,
moving northwest at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Santa Rosa County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3056 8682 3086 8718 3094 8713 3095 8705
3068 8679 3058 8680
TIME...MOT...LOC 0814Z 138DEG 49KT 3062 8681
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
Black719
WWUS54 KMOB 160821
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
321 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2020
FLC113-160831-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0058.000000T0000Z-200916T0830Z/
Santa Rosa FL-
321 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 330 AM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 AM CDT for northwestern
Florida.
LAT...LON 3056 8682 3086 8718 3094 8713 3095 8705
3068 8679 3058 8680
TIME...MOT...LOC 0821Z 140DEG 53KT 3068 8687
$$
BlackThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 9:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Sep 15, 10:53 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 5 days |
| Sep 15, 11:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 8 hr |
| Sep 15, 11:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 28 min |
| Sep 16, 1:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 6 hr |
| Sep 16, 3:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 15 min |
| Sep 16, 3:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 16 min |
| Sep 16, 3:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 8 hr |
| Sep 16, 3:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 6 hr |
| Sep 16, 4:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 15 min |
| Sep 16, 5:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 10 hr |
| Sep 16, 9:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 8 hr |
| Sep 16, 9:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 9 hr |
| Sep 16, 1:21 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 15 hr |
| Sep 16, 1:21 PM CDT | High Surf Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 15 hr |
| Sep 16, 1:35 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 10 hr |
| Sep 16, 2:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 12 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.